I can't imagine why anyone would want to use a browser on their console unless they don't have a laptop or tablet.
heh...this is getting ridiculous. I don't mind some ads to keep costs down like on mobile apps where the ads help keep it free as well as certain websites that generate some revenue from ads. That doesn't mean I should have ads when I am paying money for the product already. To me that's just greedy. There is a reason that watching a movie on Netflix doesn't produce ads every 15minutes but Crackle does. I'm paying for Netflix.
The worst part is they will start politicizing gaming and that's crap IMO. Hollywood is full of people who are both rich and well known but open their mouth on certain issues as if we should take their word as gospel and follow them to the end of the earth. I think most people would agree that politics shouldn't permeate movies and gaming except to provide a decent storyline to work with. I don't really think entertainment and politics should mix beyond that because gaming is a way to relax and escape the day to day reality of life for a bit. Throwing politics in gaming kind of ruins the escape.
I wouldn't mind so much if you could turn them off. On a web browser you can use adblock etc and remove all the banner ads and popups. On the Xbox you can't, they are there. There is no opt in or opt out either which I think sucks. Many times there's an option to allow anonymous data collection. This option doesn't exist on the xbox.
Ugh : http://www.gamespot.com/articles/mi...181/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews
Screw Microsoft. I thought they learned from their hubris from the terrible XB1 reveal and 2013 experience. I guess not.
I can't imagine why anyone would want to use a browser on their console unless they don't have a laptop or tablet.
I can't imagine why anyone would want to use a browser on their console unless they don't have a laptop or tablet.
I haven't purchased and XBone yet, but is your XBone account tied to your Bing or Microsoft Windows accounts yet?
That has to suck if they clutter the dashboard with ads. I think ps4 has some too in the what's New section but they are mostly about games or movies.
Yes Sony may well do the same later. I wouldn't care but I dont need political ads on there. Movies and games are fine.
If I pay for PS+ or Gold, they can GTFO with the ads. Quit being greedy bastards.
I'm with you...if you are paying for a service there should be no ads.
Yes Sony may well do the same later. I wouldn't care but I dont need political ads on there. Movies and games are fine.
I don't think the PS3 ever did or I don't notice them. So I don't see why Sony would start now. But $$ talks and bs walks, most everyone here if owned a company would probably take the cash as well.
Sony has been taking some money. Look at that damn Redbox app that you can't remove.
i have windows phone and can confirm xbox one uses smartglass off of it
On Android and iOS there are smartglass apps too, but I am wondering if windows phone uses your live account for contact sync etc. Similar to Google accounts on android.
Cluttered it isn't because your apps and stuff are first but if they do have ads I don't want to see stuff advertising politics and non-gaming stuff personally.
Everyone just loves political ads. Great move MS.
Yea I logged in there once. Figured it would cost a buck to rent a movie digitally....nope like 8 bucks depending on what version. Drove down the street and rented it for a dollar and some change.
It is tied to your live account. It's the same account I log into windows 8.1 with. Which is a good thing IMO, it can unify things across XBL, Windows, and SmartGlass. If I had windows phone I imagine I could have it there too.